ATI FirePro M7820 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro M7820 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro M7820

ATI Radeon HD 4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7820

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 1,120.0 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 110 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1986 MHz

Launch date	1 May 2010 vs 25 June 2008
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1986 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro M7820
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850

Name	ATI FirePro M7820	ATI Radeon HD 4850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	600.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2709
Geekbench - OpenCL	15792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.902
PassMark - G3D Mark		937
PassMark - G2D Mark		78
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3344

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro M7820	ATI Radeon HD 4850
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Broadway	RV770
Launch date	1 May 2010	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1290	1292
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops	1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	800	800
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		246 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0